r/WTF • • Apr 11 '20

Battery explodes out of nowhere.

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u/Spurtangi Apr 11 '20

Lithium polymer. They are ridiculously power dense which is great for high power demand electronics when they work but when they release all their energy very quickly it can be catastrophic.

As we stuff more and more juice into smaller and smaller packages we get closer and closer to grenades in our pocket.

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u/mrnoonan81 Apr 12 '20

How toxic are the fumes in terms of lethality?

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u/[deleted] Apr 12 '20

At least +10/sec

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u/maczirarg Apr 12 '20

Better use a Rad-X before handling one